Music Program
Instrumental Music: Piano, Violin, Cello, Viola, and Guitar School Grade 1-Adult
Children and adults can experience the joy of playing a musical intrument. Beginning and intermediate students can arrange for private or semi-private lessons in guitar, violin, and piano. Most private lessons are 30 minutes long and the times listed are the complete block of time set aside for lessons. Contact our office to schedule lesson day and time.
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Basic Vocal Technique Middle School & High School
Become the very best singer that you can be. Whether your interest is in popular music, opera, or Broadway show tunes, learn the basics of projection, breath phrasing, and maximizing your vocal skills. Private and semi-private classes with a limit of 4 students per session are available. No prior vocal training is required. Class days and times are by arrangement. Most lessons are 30 minutes long and the times listed are the complete block of time set aside for lessons. Contact our office to schedule lesson day and time.
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Solfege, Sight singing for string players and other instrumentalists
An introductory class for musicians of all ages, who have studied an instrument for at least one year. The goal is to pick up a piece of printed music and, using either Solfege syllables (the do-re-mi) or musical note letters or numbers, be able to sing, at first sight, the notes on the musical staff. This is a critical ability for string players, particularly when they start moving into the upper positions on the fingerboard. The focus is to develop the student's internal hearing. Beginning with the major scale, students move to musical dictation--simple rhythms at first, then later simple melodies. Some fun songs will be included in order to apply the ideas being studied.
Creative Music 3½-Kindergarten & School Grades 1-6
Explore the joyful sound of music in song, rhythm games, hand instruments, and listening. A child's first introduction to the magic world of music.
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